Posts by Dr. Pascale Michelon
Learn about cognition and mental self-rotation with these quick brain teasers
Mental self-rotation is the cognitive skill to imagine yourself in space and to imagine yourself moving — such as when you reading a map or finding your car in the parking lot.
Read MoreTest your brain and mind with these nine classic optical Illusions
Are the two orange circles of the same size? One way to learn more about our brains and minds is to look at how we can trick them–that is, to see how we react to brain teasers and visual illusions. The brain has two hemispheres, each divided into four lobes. Each lobe is (largely) responsible for different functions.…
Read More3 fun brain teasers for adults to challenge your cognitive skills
First of all, what is cognition? Cognition has to do with how we understand the world and act in it. Cognitive skills are the brain-based functions that we need to carry out any task from the simplest to the most complex. For example, answering the telephone involves perception (hearing the ring tone), decision taking (answering or not), motor skill…
Read MoreMental rotation exercise to challenge your brain’s parietal lobe
Mental rotation refers to moving things around in your mind. It is one of the main visuospatial skills we all have…in different degrees, yes. Here’s an example. Please picture in your mind an arrow pointing to the right. Now, turn this arrow so it points to the left. Done? You have just performed a mental rotation.
Read MoreTest your memory and reasoning skills with these proverbs
Memory relies mostly on temporal (green area) and frontal (in red) areas of the brain. These are the areas where many neurons will get stimulated when you (assuming you are American or have lived in the US for long) try to remember the missing words in the American proverbs below. However when it comes to…
Read MoreQuick, interactive brain teaser to test your concentration and cognitive flexibility
Here is a fun and interactive version of the famous Stroop test, often used in neuropsychological evaluations to measure response inhibition and cognitive flexibility. Performing well on the test requires strong concentration and self-regulation.
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